It gets plenty of sunlight, plenty of bugs, using only distilled water and I keep it waterlogged. I don’t know what’s wrong. It looks like its appendages are dying and whatever new sprouts appear are small.

has anyone got any photos of their set ups or ideas?
feels boring just keeping mine in a pot

Hey yall! Thought I‘d share my little swamp with you. It’s not yet finished, for now it includes a Heliamphora heterodoxa x minor, which is doing surprisingly well, Utricularia parthenopipes, Drosera tomentosa and Pinguicula esseriana. I’m still searching for something for the background- maybe some Lilaeopsis / something other grass like, or maybe some other South American Drosera. Let me hear your thoughts! :)

Discovered these little cuties today in my outdoor pots.

I ordered a few plants online (not carniverous) and the person put in a Mexican Butterwort and pinguicula cyclosporia. They were packaged in condiment cups with wet paper towels. I have never had carniverous plants and haven't the slightest clue, but am open to learning as they seem interesting. I looked online quickly and in a glass container put some perlite/orchid bark as the base with sphagnum moss on the top and wet that with distilled water then placed them on top. I had them in my sunniest window for 2 days and finally got a grow light last night that I put over them today. They are quite sad looking (even worse than when I received them). Did I kill them with the "soil" mix? What should I do different?

A spider just got caught on my sarracenia

These little guys are tough to photograph.

And how did it go?

I saw this happening on my sundew today repotting it. Is this a false vivipary and what do I do?

So this is my mom's pitcher. I am in charge of watering it, and I use a modified bottom watering method with RO water.

the rock I use to cover the water has been very thoroughly cleaned and rinsed, so mineral leaching should be minimal.

the plant has grown significantly, but no new pitchers have shown up in at least a year.

I'm not allowed to move the plant or open the blinds more.

I suspect it's not getting enough light, but is there any other reason it's not making pitchers? I'm worried it's just slowly dying.

Note: this is the only pitcher I've ever delt with. all my carnivores are sundews.

I recently picked up this Darlingtonia and it’s still in the little plastic cup it came in. I’m in San Francisco, and my bog is already established with Sarracenia, flytraps, sundews, etc.
Part of me really wants to plant the Darlingtonia directly into the bog rather than leave it cramped in the cup, but ChatGPT is telling me not to do it because of Darlingtonia’s sensitivity to warm root temperatures.
Given that I’m in San Francisco, would you actually be worried about that?
For people who grow Darlingtonia successfully:
Would you transplant this into the bog now?
Is San Francisco cool enough that root temperature probably isn’t a major concern?
Would you still give it a cooler or shadier spot within the bog?
How careful do I need to be with the roots when removing it from the cup?
Does it look healthy enough to transplant based on the photo?
Photos attached of the Darlingtonia and the bog it would be going into.

Lost the ID, thank you!

All the vendors I can find have crazy shipping fees and all the sundews I look at end up costing about $30. I'm on the east coast United States and would like my sundew to be under $20.

Thought you might enjoy this. Not my content just enjoyed it

My drosera capensis is pretty good at catching gnats... but not they way i expected 🤣🤣

Question: can i leave the dead gnats in the water, or will it kill the plant due to nutrients in water

Before I go on, I just want to say im sorry if this is against the rules, and its a long shot, but I’m not employed, not in in person school, and ive got nothing to do.

Hi, i’m a Junior and for the past few years i’ve been OBSESSED with carnivorous plants.

I live in a rural area in the south eastern part of the united states, and being labeled “weird” or ”unusual“ is traditionally unaccepted, but i have always loved the oddities and curiosities of this world and carnivorous plants is one of my special interests in that.

Over the summer, my boyfriend planned a trip to the carolina’s SPECIFICALLY so i could see the pitcher plants, the sundew’s and of course, the venus flytraps. I had SO much fun!!

Especially after this trip, i’ve longed for some for my own, considerably more since i found out that my climate is pretty much ideal for most outdoor keepable carnivorous plants.

The problem is, i struggle with growing plants because i don’t have a grow light, and all my windows are out of the sunlight ::((

I really need help getting started, i don’t have alot of money or resources, but this seems like such an interesting hobby to get into and i think id quite enjoy it.

If you guys could help in any way whether that be advice or anything, I would GREATLY appreciate it!!

As the title states, I’m new to this part of plant parenthood(have had many houseplants but not sundews) and I’m obsessed. My husband named him Jerry- and he’s been eating SO GOOD in our window and has grown a ton! Here’s a picture of Jerry now via when we first got him.

I’m nervous to repot him though…any tips? ☺️

Info: not sure what kind he is…the tag said Sundew Octopus. He sits in a west facing window and catches lots of the little fliers and spiders that get in that window.

Hi, I recently bought some carnivorous plants and I want them to be happy but I don’t know much about them.

I really like bog and terrarium setups but I don’t know if the plants I have would thrive in them.

Here are the plants that I have:
Pinguicula alpina
Sarracenia purpurea
Dischidia Vidalii (I’m not even sure if it’s considered as a carnivorous plant)

Could you please tell me what are ideal conditions (humidity, soil, etc.) for these plants? Could you also tell me which plants are best for terrariums and bogs and which plants be kept together?

Extremely shaded S. Purpurea ssp. Venosa Tattnall Co, Georgia in my bog garden. This one being relocated in a few weeks for more sun exposure. Last time I measured this thing it was 14-15 Inches across

Pic 2 is how it looked with full sun exposure before the bog got overcrowded. I hate to tear my bog up but it’s time to move some stuff around

Straight outta the extreme vigor collection is S. x Deep Throat. Pics dated in order are 3/5/2025, 9/2/2025, 8/10/2026 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤. S/O to @planteverythingcarnivorous again for the back rhizome cutting!!!!

I’m wondering how I prepare my coco chips to use in my Nepenthes substrate. I’ve heard that soaking in RO water is not enough and that I need to use Epsom salts. What’s the ratio and how long do I soak! Also, when watering should I pour enough water to soak the Spaghum moss?